Andre Drummond vs. Keldon Johnson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Keldon Johnson and Andre Drummond, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Player comparisons:
Career comparison / Season by season / Games against each other

Who had the better rookie season? Who had best stats in their 10th season? Who won a championship first? These questions and many others, are answered here.

Andre Drummond played 13 years in the NBA, 7 more than Keldon Johnson, who played 6. Andre Drummond had the first of his seasons in 2012-13, while Keldon Johnson had his rookie season in 2019-20. With that starting point, here you can take a look at each of their seasons side by side and compare how their careers evolved in achievements, awards and championships won, the stats they recorded both in the Regular Season and the Playoffs and how their teams performed in the postseason.

Their Careers

Player		 Total Seasons Playoffs Played NBA Years
Andre Drummond 13 4 2012-13 to 2024-25
Keldon Johnson 6 0 2019-20 to 2024-25

Comparison Season by Season

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Rookie Season
Andre Drummond Keldon Johnson
Season 2012-132019-20
Team Detroit PistonsSan Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards Achievement All-Rookie Second Team-
Playoffs Did Not PlayDid Not Play
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Rookie Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A%
Andre Drummond 60 20.7 7.9 2.8 4.8 7.6 0.5 1.0 1.6 1.0 2.4 3.5 5.7 .608 0.0 0.0 - 1.0 2.7 .371
difference:+43+3.0+1.2+2.2+2.0+4.2+0.4+0.2+1.5-0.2-0.8+0.4+0.5+.012+0.8+1.3+1.1+0.1+.424
Keldon Johnson 17 17.7 9.1 0.6 2.8 3.4 0.9 0.8 0.1 0.8 1.6 3.1 5.2 .596 0.8 1.3 .591 2.1 2.6 .795
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Andre Drummond nor Keldon Johnson played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 2
Andre Drummond Keldon Johnson
Season 2013-142020-21
Team Detroit PistonsSan Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Did Not PlayDid Not Play
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2nd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A%
Andre Drummond 81 32.3 13.5 5.4 7.8 13.2 0.4 1.2 1.6 1.4 3.4 5.9 9.5 .623 0.0 0.0 - 1.7 4.0 .418
difference:+12+3.8+0.7+4.1+3.2+7.2+1.4+0.6+1.3-0.3-1.3+1.0+0.7+.144+0.9+2.6+0.4+1.2+.322
Keldon Johnson 69 28.5 12.8 1.3 4.6 6.0 1.8 0.6 0.3 1.1 2.1 4.9 10.2 .479 0.9 2.6 .331 2.1 2.8 .740
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Andre Drummond nor Keldon Johnson played in the postseason in their season 2

Season 3
Andre Drummond Keldon Johnson
Season 2014-152021-22
Team Detroit PistonsSan Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Did Not PlayDid Not Play
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3rd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A%
Andre Drummond 82 30.5 13.8 5.3 8.1 13.5 0.7 0.9 1.9 1.5 3.5 6.0 11.7 .514 0.0 0.0 - 1.7 4.5 .389
difference:+7+1.4+3.2+4.2+3.1+7.4+1.4+0.1+1.7-0.3-1.5+0.3+1.8+.048+2.1+5.3+0.7+1.4+.367
Keldon Johnson 75 31.9 17.0 1.1 5.0 6.1 2.1 0.8 0.2 1.2 2.0 6.3 13.5 .466 2.1 5.3 .398 2.4 3.1 .756
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Andre Drummond nor Keldon Johnson played in the postseason in their season 3

Season 4
Andre Drummond Keldon Johnson
Season 2015-162022-23
Team Detroit PistonsSan Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards Achievement All-NBA Third Team-
Achievement Rebounds Leader-
Achievement All-Star Game-
Playoffs Pistons Lost East Conf 1st RdDid Not Play
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4th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A%
Andre Drummond 81 32.9 16.2 4.9 9.9 14.8 0.8 1.5 1.4 1.9 3.0 6.8 13.1 .521 0.0 0.1 .333 2.6 7.2 .355
difference:+18+0.2+5.8+4.0+5.7+9.8+2.1+0.8+1.2-0.2-1.0+1.2+4.6+.069+2.1+6.4+.004+1.3+2.0+.394
Keldon Johnson 63 32.7 22.0 0.9 4.2 5.0 2.9 0.7 0.2 2.1 2.0 8.0 17.7 .452 2.1 6.5 .329 3.9 5.2 .749
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A%
Andre Drummond 4 32.8 16.8 3.0 6.0 9.0 0.0 0.3 1.5 1.0 2.0 7.0 13.5 .519 0.0 0.3 .000 2.8 8.5 .324
Keldon Johnson DNP------ --- ----------

Season 5
Andre Drummond Keldon Johnson
Season 2016-172023-24
Team Detroit PistonsSan Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Did Not PlayDid Not Play
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5th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A%
Andre Drummond 81 29.7 13.6 4.3 9.5 13.8 1.1 1.5 1.1 1.9 2.9 6.0 11.2 .530 0.0 0.1 .286 1.7 4.4 .386
difference:+12+0.2+2.1+2.9+5.4+8.3+1.7+0.8+0.8-0.5-0.7+0.3+1.3+.076+1.8+5.2+.060+0.8+1.2+.406
Keldon Johnson 69 29.5 15.7 1.4 4.1 5.5 2.8 0.7 0.3 1.4 2.2 5.7 12.5 .454 1.8 5.3 .346 2.5 3.2 .792
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Andre Drummond nor Keldon Johnson played in the postseason in their season 5

Season 6
Andre Drummond Keldon Johnson
Season 2017-182024-25
Team Detroit PistonsSan Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards Achievement Rebounds Leader-
Achievement All-Star Game-
Playoffs Did Not PlayDid Not Play
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6th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A%
Andre Drummond 78 33.7 15.0 5.1 10.9 16.0 3.0 1.5 1.6 2.6 3.2 6.0 11.3 .529 0.0 0.1 .000 3.1 5.1 .605
difference:+1+9.8+2.3+3.6+7.5+11.2+1.4+0.9+1.3-1.6-1.7+1.2+1.3+.047+1.1+3.5+.318+1.2+2.6+.168
Keldon Johnson 77 23.9 12.7 1.5 3.4 4.8 1.6 0.6 0.3 1.0 1.5 4.8 10.0 .482 1.1 3.6 .318 1.9 2.5 .773
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Andre Drummond nor Keldon Johnson played in the postseason in their season 6

Additional Years

* Andre Drummond played 7 seasons more than Keldon Johnson in the NBA.

In that period—his seasons 7 to 13, from 2019 to 2025—Andre Drummond played in 3 Playoffs.

In those 7 extra years over Keldon Johnson, Andre Drummond got these achievements:

Honors & AwardsAchievement 2 Rebounds Leader
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